Order III. SCANSORES. 
Family III. Picidte. 
The second Subfamily, 
PICUMNINiE, or Piculets, 
have the Bill short, straight ; the sides compressed towards the tip, which is rather acute ; the gonys ot 
the lower mandible lengthened, and advancing upwards ; and the Tail short, with the tip of each feather 
broad and rounded. 
Picumnus Temm .* 
Bill short, higher at the base than broad, with the cutaen nearly straight and keeled; the sides 
compressed towards the tip, which is pointed; the gonys long, and advancing upwards to the tip, which 
is rather acute ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and concealed by the frontal plumes. Wings rounded, with 
the third fourth, and fifth quills the longest. Tail short, and rounded at the tip of each feather. Tarsi 
short and covered with broad scales in front. Toes long and unequal, with the two anterior ones united 
at the base as far as the first joint, and the two outer ones equal in length; the claws long, compressed, 
and curved. 
The vast forests of South America and India are the localities of the species that compose this genus. They arc 
found singly or in pairs on the brandies of small trees, firmly grasping then, with the, r toes, and keeping 
crosswise! These singula, bird, possess the power of leaping from one branch to another, tat they do n umdly 
support themselves on the trunk, by means of their tail, as is the case with the true woodpecker. The nests are aid 
to be formed in rotten trunks of trees ; and the female lays two eggs. 
1. P. minutissimus (Gmel.) — Picus minutus Lath.; P. cirratus 
Temm. Pl. col. 371. f. 1. J Picumnus cayanensis Lafr. ; Picus 
cayanensis minor Briss. 
2. P. Temminckii Lafr. — Picumnus exilis Temm. PI. col. 871. 
f. 2. 
3. P. exilis (Licht.) — Picumnus Lichtensteinn Lafr. 
4. P. pygmeeus (Licht.) Cat. Dupl. Berl. Mus. p. 12. 
5. P. Buffoni Lafr. PI. enl. 786. f. 1. , 
6. P. albosquamatus D’Orb. & Lafr. Voy. dans l’Amer. Mer. Ois. 
t. 64. f. 2. 
7. P. olivaceus Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1845. p. 7. 
8. P. cinnamomeus Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1845. 7- 
q. p. D Orbignyanus Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1 845. 7- 
10. P. rufiventris (Pr. Bonap.) Proc. Z. S. 1837- P- l 20 - 
11. P. innominatus Burt. Proc. Z. S. 1835.154. — Vivia ni- 
palensis Hodgs. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1837. 107- 1 Ficulus nipa- 
lensis et P. rufifrons Hodgs. List. 
Sasia Hodgs. 
Bill long, broad at the base, and with the sides suddenly compressed toward, the tip, which i, acute ; 
the gonys long and advancing upwards to the acute tip ; the nostrils basal, lateral, an i cn y e 
* M. Temminck established this genus in 182 ? (Ptoncto Cotonees, with pl. 7 ) changed 
t Established by Mr. Hodgson in 1836 (Journ. As Soc. Beng. 1836 p. 773d- 
while, in 1840, I had in the List of Genera proposed Microcodes for these bird . 
the above name to Comeris j 
